THE TEESDALE MERCURY—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1864. 'AT 'w'jl- ... . . ••> , • , , , ,i • , < i;^ j ,,l.± I I : mounted regiments, and White's battalion, is be­ DEPRECIATION IN WEST INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS. as ever), and supporting him ware TBE WAR IN AMERICA. tween Newmarket and Timbervjlje, Jmbodenis PROPERTY. Hard wi eke, with his. frank and sailor-like face, Lord Chelmsford, with aJJJhe gTavefless of a judge, IMPElilAL PARLIA at Cross Keys. Fitzhugh Lee has gone back to It is our intention, during the present sitting of Large Estates for Sale. and the Marquis of Salisbury. Upon what is *Tat' Cunard mail steamer lias just arrived in Gordonsville with his command. Parliament, to give sketches of Parliamentary The settlement of the schedule of Encumbrances, in called the Dukes' bench (opposite the Bishops') sat The House of LorcJ* mX on XcmcUy oaly tajp'Jfesjwjr., Sl>« brings very little news of im- The latest news from Charleston, which came characters, and of the modes and ceremonies and no bu>i»eee of iim>ortaxice wu T ran us the Earls of Shaftesbury, Ellen borough, Stanhope, •MMMUtiW* axtraot the following from the by the Fulton yesterday from Hilton Head, the case of Mr. Parker, was proceeded with during adopted by both Houses, introducing at the proper la tfae iiuuM of Caramon*, .Lord Pal- and Carnarvon. Lord Bedesdale sat at the table to a question from Lord Robert Cecil, \««v ¥ark papers, dated the 27th ult. :— represents the position of affairs there as un­ last week, before the Chief Commissioner of the West seasons the various changes which take place allotted to the Chairman of Committees, looking MaiMrty'a Govermneot had reaonirtrated v changed. One gun continues to play on the city, Indian Encumbered Estates Commission, and gave therein, and bringing those subjects .before the and Austrian Govenwwnta on the step* Confederate Flans. just the same as we have seen him these-last at intervals of about five minutes, both night and rise to considerable discussion. notice of our readers at as early a period; as both in Holstein and Schleewig in referent <_ A. Mgra servant, long the attendant of Mr. twenty years; he never appears to grow older, and mafaon of At Duke of Atartstenburg, mil day. A rebel blockade runner, believed to be one possible by means of a special correspondent. 2efcrsa» Davis, reached Washington a few days The estates in question were formerly the property one almost fancies he must always wear the same being utterly ine^ixsirteiil with Uie good fai of the rebel steamers built on the Clyde, has been The opening of the Parliament of 1864 by com­ to ha«* bees obaerred by those Governmei gives some information which is, says a of Thomas John Parker, Esq., of Jamaica, who died yellow waistcoat; at all events, this garment is for some days evidently on the gui .vive for an mission affords so small an idea nf the glorious as they did, the binding nature of the t IMP Vet* paper, important, if true. It seems in April, 1823. They are of considerable extent, and ever of the same identical out and colour. which they were bound to acknowledge I opportunityHto |get out of the Ashley River, but ceremony -when performed by the Queen in Ufcrtlfc^iftaVis is in favour of giving up Virginia were formerly of great value, but for the last twenty suck aa King of those State*, and moot she Is closely watched by our blociaders. An person, that we think it desirable, in the first in- Without, however, going through the long asd retiring with his Government to Georgia, but years they have been the subject of a well-known suit declaration that they will «MI»H the i important order from the President, with reference stanee, to describe the ceremony fie it should have list of lords-,' we should mention that the Jeneral L«e is dead against it, and says that if of Pearse v. Brooke, and divers other suits in Chan­ kuigdoin of Denmark. The Prussian GoJ to the confiscated lands in South CaroKna, has been, as well as the mode in which it was done. young Prince of Wales was the observed of ail stated that they disapproved of the prooeedJ Virginia-is -givaa up, all the soldiers of that State been promulgated, regulating the pre-emption cery, in which the greater part of the leading equity The Opening as It should have been. observers. He wore a plain' over-coat, looked wi£ and orders had boen issued from Berlin t "ill desert the rebel cause. The servant says that tight. With regard to Holstein, that duel rights of those who may choose to purchase such practitioners have been at some time or other con­ 001 exceedingly weD, and appears to be growing etout. Eraff J* * »*ti»s- under the authority, Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president, has not lands. General Saxton, the military governor,; in cerned, and which are said to have been the original Perhaps there is no finer pageant to be-seen in His, Eoyal Highness was one of the first in atten­ *nd therefore not under in mediate authority j attended Congress this session, and the belief is circulating the order, reminds the liberated slaves, of the far more celebrated suit of Jarndyce v. Jarn- any. country, take it aU in all, with its associa­ dance, and sat upon the cross benches, immediately Proswla. The Prussian 0ta*e* the oath of allegiance. Mr. Wilson offered in the fine old town Of Beaufort have been recently takable British Constitution, there is, after all, be compromised by either side. The Prince and lead to war, and that war put an end to treati the task of ascertaining the parties among whom the a resolution requiring the committee en the con- sold under the auctioneer's hammer for the benefit such a thing as a British spectacle—has not been the Duke conversed with great animation, the a most preposterous doctrine, and if it wei of the United States Government and of the pur­ purchase moneys are divisible. hated, any strong Power which had an ineoc duet of .the war, to inquire into the charaoter and performed for three session?. We sincerely hope, Commander-in-Chief especially talking with his wfth a weak Power would have nothing1 to < iHden^y of the heavy ordnance now provided for chasers. So the work of confiscation, it appears, An application-was also made on behalf of Mr. however, that the time may not be far distant "usual energy and exuberant gesticulation, and from that eaLfrafrement but lo make an t he armament of fortifications. On a motion of Mr. goes bravely on in South Carolina, the old stock Pearse, the husband of the plaintiff in the suit of when the scene will again be witnessed. both appeared to enjoy the scene, and still more the unjustifiable attack, and then to say war I being ploughed out, and a new proprietary, white Pearse r. Brooke, who was admnustratrix of a deceased speeches. We thought the Prince of Wales seemed and that, therefore, they were free from the Hale, his resolution asking for an investigation of Who that has once seen a grand opening day Affairs in the navy department was referred to a and black, taking possession of the soil. The party to the suit, to [ have all the accounts of the considerably mowed when the congratuj a tionX were That was a doctriae w^tich BO Government i " estates for forty^ears, which had-heen arrancred and: i*& ever forgotten-it? -First, the, ruafciiiig-of silks- respect for itself would zaainXsun. The I'n_ aalast c^mmillee^oi tnVee^ 3tn the course~of his obstructions in the channel between Forts Sumter reiterated by every speaker on the subject of the meat, however since the adoption of these m compromised under am order of the-Court of Chancery, and the flash of diamonds, as nobly-born and rcmfta, Mr. Hale said that the combined naval and Moultrie are entirely gone, and the opinion birth of the young Prince. One person we should informed her Majesty's Government that it 1 in 1848, reopened, on the ground that the intestate beautiful women crowd the galleries and set the of naval officers is that there are now no impedi­ not omit to mention, though riot a member of the treaty of 18!>2, and will ir'^intsip the * expenditures for the past-year of all the Powers of had died two days previously to the order, and that peers at defiance on the floor of their own House, kis«dom of Denmark. ments to our fleet's pioaiess. eseept-those extended the House—this is Colonel Talbot, Lord Derby's Korope, save Italy and Denmark:, were but there was no evidence of authority to- agree to a com­ attract' our attention. Then barons, earls, mar­ The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved for L from James Island to the " Middh, Ground." son-in-law. He stands in his allotted position be­ in a bill to allow the making of malt, duty free, l 1X^000,000 dola, so that America is now called promise on her behalf. The oases of Swinfen v. quises, and princes of Boyal blood enter, gay with JBWS" to spend1 much more than the combined fore the throne as sergeant-at-arms, ana poses him­ feeding cattle. After some 4iscussion, leave V Our news from the Sooth to-day is very interest­ Swhtf en and Fray v. Voules were cited on this point. ermine and scarlet. Again, the bishops help con­ bring in the bilh £ motion was made or; behalf of W. R. Parker, as self so admirably, that, with—his- towering form, •with the exception of Italy and Denmark. ing. Vice-President Stephens is lying dangerously siderably to fill the House, and there-is a flutter of The Chancellor of the Exchequer also » to two estates which had not been sold, to discharge fine proportions, and blaok silk stockings, the bring in a bill to alter and amend the laws i "I requiring senators to take the oath of ill at Augusta, Georgia, where he was attacked on lawm sleeves and gowns. Then the ambassadors 0 was passed by a vote of twenty-seven Sunday very suddenly. The house of President the order for sale, on the ground that as devisee of spectator feels that his services are worth any collection of the laad-tax, aeseescd taxes, and I the mortgagee he had acquired an adverse title to the and diplomatists, glittering with orders, and wear­ He stated that it was not proposed to interfd Davis at Richmond was- set on fire and robbed, anreunt of remuneration, if only to stand like a mortgagees under the local Statute of Limitation. ing uniforms of all patterns and all colours, serve local commissioners or with the asweasors, but | statue, and be looked at as a fit and picturesque law with regard to the appointment of collect, JavJt England and the Alabama. but was saved from destruction by the prompt The Chief Commissioner reserved his judgment on to vary the scene. Close by stand the- corps of guardian of the gilded shrine behind him. proposed teat the collector should not make a i Tf%e>"Hew Yoyk Times has an editorial letter assistance of the people. The people of the South both the applications. Gentlemen-at-Arms, magnificently arrayed. The at the houses of the taxpayers, but that he a_ yat Oie demands made by the United States on appear to be forming an armed resistance to the Mr. Jolliffe, Mr/T. A. Roberts, and Mr. Maskelyn House, itself a gem. of English art, ia- rieh with written notices, and that the taxes should be| Conscription of Jefferson Davis. (all of the Chaneery bar), Messrs. Smith and Guscotte, The Address and the Discussions. office in the nearest market town. '-'•alia' i account of the depredations of the gilding and colour, and enablazoned witH.heraldic On the raised bench, which is called the wool­ Sir G. Grey moved for leave to bring in a bfll t In the Confederate Senate, on- the 18th, a reso­ Wheatleyj-Bull, Madox and Wyatt, Murray and Co., JUSWW. The article concludes as follows *— devises, which are toned down with a kind of sack, sits the Lord Chancellor. About five-o'clock ^USand 4 William IV, chapter Si, intituled * lution was passed approving the action of the solicitors, appeared for the- petitioner and various making further Provision for the Confinement | ti»h»tion cf it may be postponed for the dim and, as it were, religious light that finds its on Thursday evening he took his seat. For some Government with regard to the- outlawry of Gen. claimants. tenance of Insane Prisoners." Be referred^ but it must come, at whatever cost, sooner The folfowing is a list of plantations and estates way through the noble windows e* stained minutes there was a buzz of conversation, and the Butler; and the determination of the rebel autho­ toTowadey'scase, and vindicated himself fromj or later. Our Government cannot escape the which will be offered for sale in this court in the glass. The Magna Charts, barons, in bronze, ap­ ladies in the gallery seemed to have an immense which had been cut upon him in reference to it J rities to held no communication with hira. The •MM of redressing what it has itself recog- course of tie next few months —Barro wallie. or Kear- pear to keep watch and ward* in their several niches amount of Hying to accomplish in a limited admitted that there baa been a miscarriage of j Riehmmi WHQ of the 19th says that a financial ton's, St. Vincent, •£») acres, February 9, 1864; this bill it was provided that the visiting justices | niiod" to b<) wrongs to its citizens. The damages over head, and two effigies of distinguished bishops time, for their lips were in continual motion. gaol in which the prisoner was confined shou bill regulating the currency passed the House on Worthy-park, or Lindas, Jamaica, 2,922 acres, Cocoree, apparently guard the- throne. Two o'clock ar­ Our gallantry will not permit us to say this was certificate, and that the? should appoint the me> *'tirt*-' -"* ' to. many millions of dollars, and Saturday; and that the Senate on the same day, Jamaica, l',2»0 acres, purchase money -£8,560; Miokle- rives, and then the trumpets sound, "the-cannon annoying; of course, their voices were like music whs were to assist them in their examination. 'jMp.afit'ne two Governments must pay them. The in secret session, finished its- labours on the Mili­ ton, Jamaica, 623 acres, purchase money .£800: Hill, Mr. Bright said he thought Sir George Gi to the-battlement speaks out," a stately procession to our ears. Presently the Lord Chancellor nose, IMBtied is no abstraction that can be shelved; it tary Bill. This action, it says; is unknown to tide, Jamaica, 4,336 acres, purchase money J&JOO; pletely justified bis course in Townley's case. . wendedts way along the corridors, with Ministers, with the Royal Speech in hie hand, and there ment of death was the remains of the barbarism o iMotres a practical duty that must be discharged. any but a favoured few outsidi the waUs of Con­ Braz-detto, Jamaica, 1,080 acres, purchase money .£800'; Chesterfield, Jamaica, 009 acres, purchase great officers of State, Garter King-at-Arms, Blaek was comparative silence-. AB the peers un­ and was at variance with the- feelings of the 1 Bat-sbstifrh these claims will inevitably be pressed gress. The Whig has a curious and significant population. In no country where the punishmei money ^308; Parker's, or Salt River Wharf, Bod, Lords and Ladies in Waiting, and pages in covered out of respect to the throne, and then the by our Government-when the proper time comes, article, deploring the decay of the gallant Southern had been abolished, had there been any inert Jamaica, 157 acres, purchase money £1,01'': Bourke'n profusion. For a fewn»mentethe brilliant throng document was mumbled out to the assembled lords. crime of murder, and it was his full belief that t ifMI not necessarily follow that war will result race who entered the war so brilliantly three years fiSmV Qifi continued refusal of England to recognise Field, and Coin's- Pen, Jamaica, 201 acres r Belmont, withirn remain in almost painful suspense and There was no need, however, for it to be distinctly be no increase of the crime of murder in < ago. It says they are all gone,- and if they don't or Donovan's; Tortola, Virgin Islands, 400 acres; expectancy, till the Sovereign, arrayed in Eoyal punishment of death were abolished here. {hem. We have little apprehensions that read, for every member of the House is supplied 1 come back again the "game is up." Petit Bordell and Sharped, St. Vincent, 320 acres; robes, takes her seat upon the throne, when the Sir John. Pakington having spoken, leave will ever be carried to that point. After Mount Alexander, St. Vincent, 300 acres: Spur with a printed copy; and as the Lord Chancellor bring in the bill. tlisitapo Governments shall have exhausted them- General Grant arrived at St. Louis yesterday, crown of England is placed upon her head, whilst proceeded, it was curious how peculiar was the Mr M. Gibson moved the appointment of 1_ and went immediately to visitr his son, who lies Tree, Jamaica, 1,700 acres; Mahogany Vale and Siever those nearest in relatidnahip.take their places on Stanley Mr. Maeaey, Colonel W. Patten, and 1 ssjriss t» no purpose in seeking to convince each Spring, Jamaica, 242' acres, purchase money .£400: sound produced by the turning over of this paper as a select committee to consider the beet met­ 1 sick there. General Bosecrans was-expected there the right and left, And then, amid breathless •item by diplomatic discussion, the matter, in all Round -hill, Jamaica. 100 acre.-:, purchase money .£100; simultaneously by many hundreds. After the speech ing with the railway schemes proposed to be i pnrtabijity, will go to the arbitration of a disinter- to-day. .. , .. Garbrand-hall and Mnflett-hall, Jamaica, 6,300 acres, silence, the Eoyal speech is read, and the Commons had been, read, and Lord West bury bad taken bis within the limits of the metropolis by bills to March 8, 1864; Mile Gully, Jamaica, 2,033 acres, are summoned to hear it. seat, the noble lords resumed their hats, and the duced in the present session, and to report the *~ third party. Our case is so strong, the whether any, and, if any, what schemes should DL ice so clear, and the law so positive, that we WILLS AND BEQUESTS. March 8; 1864; Spitsbergen, Jamaica, 3,681 acres, Since- her Most Gracious Majesty has been on Marquis of Sligo rose to move the Address. From ceeded with during the present session, and that I . sure our Government would most readily Special letters of administration, with the-win and March ft, 1864; Paradise, Jamaica, 968 acres, March the throne- this has ewer been looked forward' to as his portly form one expected to hear a corres­ be sent to the Lords requesting their lordships f 1 codicil annexed, of the late Most Nobis William 8, 1864; Smith's, or Piper's, Jamaica, 940 acres, March a pleasing treat. The Queen's-voice is sweet and ponding strength of lungs, but not a word could we an equal number of members to be joined with ti audi a reference. The English Govern- 8,1864; Barman's Run, Jamaica, 428 acres, March 8, of this House. The estimated expenditure, he a Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton - Doo»;l»s, melodious, and every word is so distinctly uttered ,w*are quits as certain, would consent to do 1864; Mumbies, Jamaica, 323 acres, March 8, 1864; make out, and sorely puzzled were the reporters -to various liaea which were to be proposed tfci Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, of Hamilton-palace, by her that, however distant from the throne-, every make anything at all of his speech. He did net, amounted to some £34,000,000 or £35,000,000, and 4 it Mr than abide the ultima.ratie, which would 1!lackweil. Jamaica, 10 acres, Maxell 8. 1864:; Mexico, Lanark, Scotland, were granted by her Majesty's person within the building hears every syllable. however, appear to be at all confounded, and, as of the area of the City was scheduled in one or c ' til thai laly •.alternative, .Imperious as England Jamaica, 1,444 acres, purchase money, ^£656; SalTy- bills oi which nstice had been given. Prel_ Court of Probate to her Serene Highness Marie Amalie Her popularity was so great, that marked upon Earl Granville complimented him upon the senti­ hsMtuaity is tn-speech, yet there ia not a nation Elizabeth Caroline, Grand Ducal ffrincess of Baden, hall, Jamaica, 290- acres, purchase money £200: Santa Crnz-parS, Jamatea, 387 acres, purchase money £\W; every countenance could be read the patriotic ery uiry, therefore, was absolutely requisite and it i in' thief werld wBo is so completely, we may almost Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon, the relict; and one ments he-had uttered, we'presume there may have Sesirable that the committee should be a joint c i*y str beJplessly, tied to the policy of peaee. She of the surviving curators appointed' in the will to the Drax-ha.ll, Jamaica; 2,388 acres, purchase' money of " God save the Queen." Long may she live to been something worth hearing in them, but it waste l*Ttfa "Houses. »Ur Wit meet us in war, nor will she back down is present Duke of Hamilton and Brando* (a minor), the .424,500 : Mocho, Jamaica, 361 acres, purchase' money re-enaot these scenes! us the most tedious three-quarters of an hour ape The motion, after considerable discuamon, was i JJ100: Sunbury. Jamaica, 1,130 acres, pnrehase money The House adjourned at twenty minutes' ] ii^liBiacy; %tft save both her blood and her eldest son and residuary legatee nominated ia the will, have spent for some time. After he sat down Lord £100; Cp-park Pen, Jama.ica.f.82 acres,purchase money *>'clock. ''"Tlpayr by an agreement to arbitration. there being no executor appointed, the Earl of Selkirk Opening of the Session of 1864. Abercromby rose to second the address, which he and the Duke of Somerset, the other curators) having £12500; Swanswiek, Jamaica, 1,162'acres, purchase We have now to deal with soenes less bright and -•< •The Amnesty and Reconstruction. money £^380; Pack-hill (two third'parts), St. Vin­ did with much modesty, but with very little point. In the House of lords, on Tuesday, Earl Rassett, I Vdispatch from Nashville says:—On the even- renounced the grant. The testamentary documents cheerful—the opening of Parliament by commission This nobleman, however, should not be judged by to the Earl of Malmesbury, said her Majesty's C are in the Scotch form, and indorsed " Deed of nomi­ cent, 326 acres. March 8, 1864; Greenwich-hiTi. had always maintained that the question of Sck mg. efuie 25th ult., a large meeting was held at: in the-new Palace of "Westminster. This is the sixth his first effort; he is a very young man, and was nation of tutors and curators, and of prevision to Jamaica; Haughten Tower, Jamaica, 1,040 acres, be considered an international one. Her Majesty's] CagftsX ia Nashville,' to consult on the recon- Feb. 9,1S64; Waterloo, St. Vincent, 610 acres, March session of the present Parliament of Queen Victoria, exposed to an unduly severe trial in a meat. had. no guarantee that when the const* ution a younger children," bearing date 1863, with a codicil, land if any one wishes for a contrast to the gorgeous drawn the troops of Austria and Prussia wowha I ttvastioa of tie civil Government in the State. 1861; and were registered in Edinburgh, Jhly 25, 8, 1864: Orange-hill; St. Vhwcnt, 630' acres, March 8, maiden speech upon such an occasion. Any man Bpectaalie we have above hinted at, he should have Tha House of Kepreaentatives was. densely 1863, shortly after the decease of his-lordship, whmh 1364; Park-hill (one third part), St.'Vincent, 326 whose nerves have not been steadied by some acres. March 8.1864: Farm, Jamaica 466 aorte; Soho, In' reply to a question from the Bar! of n«m» 1 from floor to the gallery. Resolutions event occurred in Paris. The personalty in wghwd r seen theunimpressive.sombre, arid pageantlesacore- Parliamentary experience, might well be fluttered The Dake of Staneivet explained the measures thi waa sworn under Jj140,000. To the-eldest son is be­ Jamaica, 307acres; TVood^t oek Pen, Jamaica,1,806 acres, monytiwtwasenactodlastweek. Xougetadmission, by having to address so brilliant an audience as ment have taken and ane taking to arm the aawy v • adopted recognising the authority! of the Feb* 23, 1864* Friendship, Jamaica, 800 acres, June 7, queathed all the property not disposed of by will; •we willinot say in which gallery and take your seat ; the House of Peers contained on this opening night. capable of piercing iron-plated ships. and to Ms younger son, .Lord Charles Hamilton, a 1864; Sans Sonci (moiety), St. Vincent, 29V acres, you had pretty-nearly an empty House. Presently, Their lordships then adjourned. iwlfnnl fl n il - to seoure- a republican: Jane 7,18641 Mount Greenan. St. Vincent, 366 aoree, What with the ladies in the galleries, the throng legacy of jBlOOjOWr; sod to his daughter, Lady Mary through somethingof a haze, you see before yon a In the House*" of Commons, Mr. Lavard stated I '"Manifuiiilinl 111 lln rebelfious States, by appoiut- June 7,1564» Penmstrjns, St. Vincent, 200 acres, June of peers- and bishops on the floor of the House, Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Jit»,0«o. narrow bench covered with trumpery red baize, on papers relating to the Alahema had been laid on t~ iq£ nUlitilry governors; denouncing slavery as an 7, 1864: Jambon Valh, St. Vincent, 300 acres, June 7, and last, though, perhaps, not least, the pre­ the House, but he could not produce those rem The-will of the Rev. Henry Join Maltby. M.A., 1864) Escape, St Vincent, 200 acres, June 7, 1864; which five robed peers take their seats in the order sence of the heir-apparent to the throne, the Alexandra, aa the ease of that vessel was under I itself, and as the cause of the rebellion; 1 of their rank, the- Lord Chancellor sitting in the investigation. The hon. gentleman further stated, jtke re-organisation of the State Govern- canon of the Cathedral Church of Durham, rector of Peruvian Vale, St. Vincent, 332 acres, June- 7, 1864; spectacle was one well calculated to milium Bass a Eaglasenffe, ws»-proved ia the London c'oart hv the Henry's Vale, St. Vincent, 302 acres. June 7, 1864; centre.' Sir Augustus Clifford is desired to sum­ to Lord R Cecil, that the papers connected with! by a constitutional convection, composed of maiden orator. We have not space to go over th ©de­ . would be delivered as loom as possible, but he v- executors. Axbhnr BiKpe. Bsq.* of ilitre-court-buildings, Hermitage, St: Christopher, 240 acres, Jhne 21, 1864; mon the- Commons, and he proceeds to do- so with pledged to imaifdiatn and universal bate that followed, thoughit wasa most spirited one. three weeks would elapse before they were ready. London; James Henry H. Atkinion, Ksq^ of Aogertoo, Hampden, Tobago, 20f> acres, July 12, 1866; Pigeon true- courtly dignity. By-and-by yon .hear a surg­ Lord Palmerston, in answer to Mr. Disraeli, saicLj The - resolutions commend the- Earl Derby, as the leader of the Opposition, made-a Northumberland; and Arthur. Thomas Upton,. Esq., Point, Tobago, lloJaores, July 12,1864; New Grange, ing sound at the door, as though a mob front with­ and Prussia did not contend that their hostility i of General Johnsen, and re- brilliant speech and a determined attack upon the mark had released them from the engagements of t of Austm-friars. The personalty was sworn under Tobago, 259 acres, July 12,1864; Old Grange; Tobago, out were eager f ev admissioe. Enter Mr. Speaker, men a convention. A committee £M,tiW. To his wife is secured an annuity of -£1,W». 250 acres, July 12, 1864: Baccoo Point, Tobago, 17 Foreign Minister, to wham- he gave some hard and of 1852. That treaty was not entered into between | haB wal ing and half pushed on by the crowd and Prussia on the one hand, and Denmark on the o select delegates to the Southern Liberal provision is made for all his children, and they acres, July 12, 1864s. Grafton, Tobago, 300 acres, July ugly knocks, beginning with the betrayal of reform ibehind, with Lord Charles Kussell staggering was an engagement which they entered into with, t vetrHon iaXcmisville. Governor are appointed residuary legatees, exoept the son who 12, 1S64: Kendai-place. Tobago, 300 acres;. July 12, to hi? latest foreign policy, and amused the House great Powers who signed that treaty, and they couls| under the weight of a heavy mace. The disorderly iwerful speech for nearly two may be in the enjoyment of the sngerton estate. He 1864, Rose-Bank, Tobago, 300 acres,.July 12, 18641 by drawing comparisons from Shakespeare's MSd- relieved from that common engagement by any* Commons, as they have not inaptly been called, might take place between them separately and people had the right to amend has left legacies to all his servants. ' ' ' Campbelton, Tobago, 560 acres, July, 12,.1S»; Her- swnmer yiyht's Dream, fastening upon Earl Rus­ mitage, Ubbago, 3Utraor«s, July 12, XS64* rush forward, each one striving toi.be first, and for After answering some further questions, constitution, tor they are the source of The will of George Hitchcock, Esq., of St. Part's sell the part of " Moonshine," and comparing hlw, Church-yard, subnercer, and' of' 5fbrfelfc-c*escent, some minutes there is a scene of eonfusica. When Lord Palmerston moved that the House at its : Wha dared say. the convention shouW to '* Bottom," the weaver, and " Snug," the jeiner. adjourn to Thursday HYdejark. was -proved in London on the iiOtft" nR-l-by* the Commons become i tolerably still, the Lord Slavery had been the destroying ele- There wasa burst of laughter at the "Lion" similes, This motion gave rise to a abort but sharp < thbrenet,the sole actingeiecuti'U^-theother eaeewtors, Chancellor put.-,, on his hat, which he balances on and wit niust be very good in the House of the foreign policy of the Government, in which '. U-ted- to put down the Gtrvermnent, Wfllism Morley-,'Eso°, of Gtetterdanev and Peter BELLIGERENTS AND RBtiTl&ALS. mow* Fitzgerald, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Hennessy, and t the top of hp enormous. wig with the-greatest Lords to create such loud- and general amusement. ^vWnxoent should pit it do*n invnie. Gonner, Esq,, of New Bond-street, haviag renounced. The Juridical Society recently met bo hear a paper read Cairns took part; and the motion waa agreed to. by Mr. Clark on •' The Principles that ought Mntually Acuity. This is to show the Commons that they It was considered, however, that the noble lord end for ever. He unsheathed his sword The personalty was sworn under £(Wk,«tO, To his' Mr. Buxton then moved, "That this House, wh to Govern the Conduct of Neutrals.and Belligerents." are in the presence of the representative of was.well answered by Earl Russell, who retorted imputing to Admiral Kuper a misconception of the i versa! freedom, and had thrown airay the relict he has bequeathed « life interesir in jfc»mH), wrfch leslament&y disposlliun over a portion thereof, Mr. Clnrk, said it did not appear thai-genoral principles Majesty.. He then tells them, they have been sent with words once applied to Sheridan, that the noble posed on him, deeply regrets Ac burning of the | BujWUlml I ft m white man's Govern- Kagosima, as being contrary to those usages of < and a life interest in the residue of His personal had: bean very attentively considered in one decided tortohesithoQueen'sgxaoioussneeCh. The Boy al earlwasrelyingforwHuponhmmemory, andforfacts SS)aU. bil|i|)Mli||liil>f|iiiii was broad enough for the prevail among civilised nations, and so which it is t estate, making a provision for all his children, who cases, lr. which there was rather to-be fouad a desire mandate is tilen read by the clerk, af ten which her upon his imagination, "Thief acts are his own," said and the policy of this cosuatry to adhere.** Be drew 1 " iwbite and Uauk. Xet -aU hamnati to deal with tie particular case, m Iinieann'Hul, per­ share among them the residue. To the Ycnmg Men's Majesty's speech is delivered by the Chancellor Earl Russell, "but the wit is Shakespeare's," When picture of the fearful sufferings of the population 1 of human rights and justice to haps, by a fear-of what might be- the future result of burning city, many of whom must have perished! Christian Association, Alders irate-street, he leaves a The Lords Commissioners, on Thursday, according the Foreign Secretary sat down and Earl Gray rose, defy ths negro arirteeracy and aiave- legacy of JB200.—Illustrated News. any declaration oi principles. Besides this, if the de­ flames i and he appealed to the Government that they I to custom, kept on thei> ceeked hate, and looked there was a general move: the chief act of the day do all that in them lay to clear the character of the mW of from all partidpations in this act. frfcsflftm-of wnites as well as blacks. We muBt re- The Houses of FarUamaaW—Sir Goidsworthy livered ooiter, came, in fact, very often to be con­ the Royal speech,, whieh. he read in that peculiar doors appeared to drown the sentences ottered. Mr. Aytoun seconded the motion. State Government on righteous princi- Gnrney, by whose genius and persevering industry the Mr. Longneld moved, as an amendment, the » sidered as expressing rules ef law. It ought to be dis­ mincing voice which always distinguishes him. The Peers one by one disarjpeared, evidently intent defraad none ef their natural rights; physical atmosphere of the Houses, of Parliament has the words " while only imputing to Admiral Kuper I tinctly stated that in all sash: matters the first Then the Speaker was- dismissed, ana he and the upon a good dinner rather than a long debate. conception of the duty imposed on him.'* He stated r fetters off the slave and let the op- been so mock improved, -has, for some months, we regret to learn, been severely afflicted by paralysis, principle, that which ought to govern the application Commons left the House- in the samo-confusion as So ended the first day in the House of Lords. In his opinion, Admiral Kuper only carried out his inetru .-, free- . Gradual emancipation fas pre­ and he protested against his being made a soapegoat. j augmented, no doubt, by the daily and nightly atten­ of all others, was that of good faith. The neutral had they entered. Thus ended the ceremony of open our next we will, endeavour to say somettiing about fer it proposed to fit the slave, Car i ree- a nearest right to trade with every nation that was Sir John Hay seconded the amendment. tion which he has for some years bestowed upon the ing the British Parliament of 1S64. the House of Commons. ' Mr. Layard recapitulated the circumstances attend] " mwing his slavery. There mast be no ventilation of the Houses. Being quite unable to willing to trade with him. The right was only subject, in principle, to, the restriction of not murder of Mr. Richardson, and the proceedings wh with' traitors until treason- goes down. resume his duties, he has received a prolonged leave to the burning of ^g^*"* He could not agreeI doing anything which interfered with the necessities ii the chastening of the nation for of absence, and his friend, Mr. Alexander Garden, civil The House of Lords on the.First. Night. motion, and if it were pressed should move the paT oi- actual warfare. , Going, therefore, to a blockaded question. onal sin. Slsjrery-isWoirewiy-— engineer* has bees installed in the office, and -now - A much pleasanter affair was a visit to the carries on its duties, i , •, > sad besieged port, even wish, ordinary goods, was Sir J. Elphinstone energetically defended Admiral pf, justice presuil, andsmverVgo properly prohibited, for that might decide the-result House of Lords at their evening sitting. Having Mr. W. E Forster said he thought there was abt vv A Boy Crushed to Death-At the Westminster i|»«j>. J nr' "1 'lit" *-- Freedom's altar The- Greek Lo an-—It appear * by a ParUaman tary of a positive act of warfare. Bat there was no- such adjourned immedraterv- after the- reading of' tto Hospital, on"Sal0xa»v, Mr. Bedford held an inquest proof that the burning of was intentional. return'jttlt issaad, that the same paid out of the Con­ The Attorney-General contended that the ope— • roserictio* with reference tot a. whole coast, which speech from the throne, their lortiships metlaterin: upon .the body of Herbert William Linprton. aged is aw'Wd, and W who will not mas forward and solidated Fund from 1848 to 18K1, for payment of. the an operation against the batteries, and that the a neter could properly bo declared to be in a state of the afternooh for. the transaction of business. The- twelve years, newspaper boy. When passing along not willingly and wantonly and, without regard to i coward and a elare. The speeoli was interest and a inking fund on that portion of the Greek blockade, and such blockade never would have been \ aifchaU-bridge-road, with another lad, he stopped gallery was well filled with ladies pf rank,. and: gency of the case, destroy the town, snd he appealed j unbounded enthusiasm. loan guaranteed by England, amount to M~,Sii' permitted but that each nation in its turn hoped to opposite tha old iron yard of Mr. to count House not to malign the Government and their cffioJ their beautiful faces appeared to give an extra bril­ 16a. Ou. Oi this,sum XSS.UiKHw. has been repaid to profit by such an unjustifiable act, The practice of some money, when suddenly a massive iron door holding out to the world that they had been guilty of] ,1L« wos .!pjWr*e»A Wat TSmn. the British Government by the Greeks, an unpaid allowing such general bWskades, an evil and a wrong liancy to the noble hall of St. Stephens. We weighing upwards of eight owt, which was standing an act aa wantonly destroying this town. 1 "rSs'rfma Jfcrit fJ«r*Td«f the r,7th says:—General balance of jjil«US0 Lis. 6d. remaining. in itself, has led to others- Such were those of stopping: noticed, however, that although Ooitry mourning Lord Palmerston said, the firing of the town the fir( against/he rails, fall forward, and crushed him to the waa not the result of intention. There was a bighi ilutler telegraphed from Fortress Monroe yester- The Armenian College. — This institution, and searching vessels on the high seas, and, latterly, has been set aside, the severity of themhter must) ground. Evidence was given on the-part of Mr. Bod- prevailing at the time, and by that means it was thl lay that General Graham, made a successful raid, founded in Paris by an illustrious Armenian, Samuel the offensive and insulting practice of armed vessels have deprived many of friends and relatives, for the man that the door had been secured to the railahZv a town was set on fire. They were called upon by the nf Moorat, an English subject, for the purpose of familiar­ lying, off the ports of a neutral, and stopping merchant withithsee transports, np the James River, landed majority of the ladies wore sombre habiliments. In chain passed round it, but that it had been stolen or to express their regret at the conflagration, but thsi ising his fellow-countrymen with- the I a nan ages and' vessels coming out of them. Then, again, there were already done that in the address to the crown. He tb| n'sjlrPr^' %v peninsula below Fort Powhattaa, tfce House itself, tho eye fell first upon the episcopal removed from malicious feelings against the owner sciences of the West, is so little known amour, the inconsistencies in existing practices. Thus, enemies" on the previous night. Verdict, "That the deceased his bon. friend might be satisfied with the tone of the d 4Mf toMt bw*uij-two of the enemy, seven, of the English that we feel pleasure.at having an opportunity goods were seized on board/of neutral shins, but the bench. The bishops assembled in greater number and that he should not press the motion to a division.I 8 was killed by the failing of the iron door, but the jurv safenai oarsB, twenty-nin negroes, five Jews, toge- Mr. Buxton said be would withdraw his motion, bail of calling attention to it by informing our readers that freight was paid to the neutniL On what principle ? than usual;, at one time there were three-and- strongly censure the practice of leaving goods of that AasVwtasrlasf» quantities of tobacco, oats, corn, its MSH dramatis performances, consisting of four being loud cries of "So" from the Opposition,. I The offence, if any, was trading. The truth was that twenty present, who, with their lawn sleeves, description placed in so dangerous a position." Lord Palmerston moved the previous question, anda 'tba latter three items of which were French drftffif"* and aa English piece, began this year the modification was introduced from the fear of maki presented a pleasing contrast to-the dark dress division, the previous question—that the motion ber Attempted Murder in CamberwelL—Cor. - A detachment of coloured troops went on the 3nd injt., and. was continued , during the ing the practice too monstrous, and ia converting all of the other peers. All the ministers were put—was negatived by 164 to 65. The motion waa | two following days, at No. 12, Rue de Monsieur. neutrals into opponents. The rule of former times siderable excitement was caused on Friday morning i queutly not put. r train JVwtress Munroe, on gunboats, there except the Duke of Newcastle, whose health, r/iim brought away three-famiKes of All the performers are students of the college,, and was to allow general trade, the exception was trade in the parishes of Camberwell and Newiugton in oonse- After some further business, the House adjourned 1 we are sorry to report, is said to be much impaired. minutes past one o'clock until Thursday. J of fifteen in number, with nine con- the first performances- were honoured' br the pre­ contraband. He denounced as nothing short of piracy queues of a report being raised that a man namei sence of the Eastern ambassadors and other distin- an imitation of the reasoning and practices of the Casting our eyes around, we notice on the Minis Harper had been murdered at his lodgings by anothe- .1 ol whom arrived on the York town gmshed personages. Ia this interesting-college from buccaneers, the burning of merchant vessels without terial bench the Duke of Argyll; be is con" man, named Michael Jenkins. Upon making in­ In the House of Lords, on Thursday night, Earl Ra tagetbst with several other refugees,, fifty to sixty Armenian ruuths are annually instructed, bringing them- in for adjudication. Not mere con, stantly running his hand through his yellow hair- quiries, the following particulars were obtained:—It in answer to the Earl of Derby, said there was Little \ batoad. Refugees are coming into ourt carrying back with them to their homes' the advan­ that the steam rams which had been seized at Lives] venience or advantage, either for the naval commander and sits next to the Foreign Secretary (Earl appears that Harper had been suffering three months which were at first stated to be building on French a teMa«tk»ilortrees daily, both by way of Tork- tages of a refined civilisation. The college is con- or for the service of the Government whose commission Kussell), who talks so gaily to Earl Granville imprisonment, and whilst he was TincaroeTated his were really intended for the service of the Confederal »wn and Suffolk. ducted by fathers chosen- from the monastery of St. he bare, could justify such a proceeding. The having wife had been living with Jenkini. On Thursday he agreed with Mr. Adams that the arming and equippi that you would not suppose for a moment that Lazarus, at Venice,', the same which was inhabited by no ports or courts was not a paramount necessity evening Jenkins went to Harper's! house, when a Teasels in this country and sending them forth to atuf /'flW'oJSHwien'Tn tne Southern army appears to' Lord Byron, whose study and furniture are still pre­ justifying such acts. While thus (jondemning the a European crisis had taken place, and that a violent quarrel took place between them, and Jenkins, Power with which we were at peace, would be an infi tofMfMJ^SrtrWprsal. Rebel deserters, to the served there, and from which he wrote to Murray and practice, he was not aware of the, fact that President European war was imminent. I The Duke of ment of the proclamation of neutrality issued by ha taking a knife, stabbed Harper in the stomach, in the iesty, and would be virtually taking part in the war in f_ 'JSipVsi'j i irTltti 1 r came into the lines of the Poto- Moore the letters containing his description of the Ar- Davis had suggested to an English officer, who related Somerset sits next, in the same lonely mood as side, .and also in the hand. The latter closed npon of the Confederate States Her Majesty's Government! laau rimx within the past two days. It is said menian past and present, with an eulogy of the pure it in his travels, a plan for preventing for ever such aa ever; it is always remarked that this nobleman the former, and a desperate struggle took place extremely anxious that no act of theirs should give r " that the firing on the other side of the Rapidan on and'elcvated tone of the Armenian monastery. The evil—namely, that of allowing the captor to bring his rarely speaks to any one.. We have next Earl de Loud cries of "Murder'' and " Poll :«• being raised, such proceeding . college at Paris is now under the direction of the Abb( prizes into any neutral port and toask for tho adjudi­ On the motion of Earl Granville, a select committi Saturday last wae caused by a regiment or two ol 1 a polioe-constahle of the Pdivision entered the building Kurken, decorated with the Turkish Order of the Med - Grey, who is always ^nial and goodiumoured, rebate attempting to lease in a body. Some of cation of the neutral court upon them. Tho scheme and found both men struggling on tie floor. He sue appointed, in conjunction with the Commons' coaamitL jidie, and remarkable for his thorough knowledge of was one which haste and prejudice might at once con­ and now appears to smile benignantly on all consider the best method of dealing with the rail wayjsch ceeded in parting them, when Harper was found to be irofess to have information that two English. The students are proficients in the Armenian, demn, but which deserved consideration, and if the around him. On the front beach, below the gang­ in reference to the metropolis, and to consider whether . npted to come over to us, and were Turkish, French, English, and other tongues, and their badly wounded. Mr. Dry, surgeon, of Salisbury-place, and what scheme* should not be proceeded with duns J great maritime nations would seriously consider if way, sat the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Grey and present session. ^Tjlcs: by rlie use of musketry and artillery theatrical performances ate a means of encouraging and thought St to adopt it, there might be rales' was sent for, and he promptly attended, bnt owing to Lord Wodehouse. Behind the Ministerial bench t e injuries the man had received it was deemed ad­ Their lordships then adjourned. liibeJj; own men. In West Virginia the rebels their study of those languages. The Armenians are framed which would insure it a beneficial operation. was the mover and seconder of the Address—the .aas alaoxoming into our lines in large numbers. too little known; their once mighty empire, their The chairman said propositions in the paper deserved visable to remove him to St. Thomas's Hospital, In the House of Commons, the Marquis of Ha MarqmsofSKgo.stoutandjoUy, wearing the sombre reply to Colonel Gilpin, stated that Government had I Tbay x^ort that universal dissatisfaction-prevails early introduction of a perfect. alphabet, and then* ssrioos consideration, and as it was too lato in the which was accordingly done, and Mr. Grieves, the uniform of the London Irish Volunteer*—and Lord house surgeon, dressed his injuries. He, however, the expenses incurred by Colonel Crawley in reference t - ihntlle ranks of the enemy, arising from the want custom of writing from left to right, their ancient evening to discuss them, suggested an adjournment recent court-martial, except the expense incurred by I" Abercromby, clad in the much more gay and remains in that institution in a precarious state. The suffering they are obliged to endure. General Christianity, and the publie-spirited benevolence of Mr. Westlake moved tho adjournnieat, which, being the employment of legal advisers. men like Samuel Moorat, entitle them to more atten- golden uniform of a deputy lieutenant. On the polioe-eon-tat'le found the knife with which the stabs l)arly,'wrtb tis rebel force, ia still at Harrisonburg; carried, the meeting broke op. In committee of the whole House, tion thruvis eyn-rauy bestowed upon tUem.—(JaKjnant. had been inflicted in the fire, where Jenkins had The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved, " That it i tffldBbssi*, with the 7th, 11th, and 20th Virginia front Opposition bench was the Earl of Derby (who seemed as well, and afterwards spoke as vigorously thrown it after attempting to murder his victim pedient to make provision for replacing the lapsed ias The assassin was taken into oustody and locked ap. bank notes in Scotland upon payment from time to tin I certain charge in respect thereof.''